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ENTERTAINMENTS.

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NORWEGIAN ENGINEER AND RICSHA COOLIE.

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from the family councils, and the man is unutterably busy. He mechanical patents is worth doing family goda: gives them an out-gets home late to his wife and anything with to make it a com- look not justified, and a bearing Clubs knows him not-or perhaps he added, spend their lives and all children, or, if he is a bachelor his mercial success. Many inventors, that is often over-officlots, How

mot so much..... A principal far any of these statements apply!official of the P.W.D. spent part their money on ideas that are re to Dr. Sun Yat-sen must be for of his valuable time in initiating Jected by one firm after another."

A Norwegian ebip's engineer, those better able to judge, to say. Ja prosecution against the Coronet. They do not seem to be able to

Andres Walla 1211 was charged bo- It does not seem that any measure for impinging on Crown land realise that they are wasting an May 16-Coronet Theatre; "One fore Mr... Lindsell at the of position has been acquired by with an effective advertisement enormous amount of brain power in Arabian Night

| Hongkong Magistracy 'dis' morning display. Fined $10. Now we pursuing ideas worthless from a

May Star Theatre: 5.30 with rolasing to pay a rical coolie know why the BW.D. is over-

p.m. "Drifting 9.15 p.m. Rohis proper bar and also with a China's first President, and if we worked. We begin to think it is practical point of view.

bort Bores and his World-famous saulting an Indian police sergeant. remember rightly gave that in to overstuffed.

Varioty Company,

The riesha erolie told the Court other hands, with a gesture that

"To-day the

May 16. World Theatre; Mr: that the engineer engligod him last. The whistle has sounded, the UNDERSTANDING real East re- and Mrs. Johnson's Trailing African ni alone 10.30 at least was graceful. He came

THE ORIENT. mains unexp Wild Animals."

sidiy the Hongkong Hotel back. when.. corruption

find gangway is up, and the Ferry is on the move. But what matters

lored," writes May 16.-Queen's Theatre "Che-11 Teach Fim to the Kink hypocricy were obviously being it? A well-known doctor dashes Rabindranath Tagore in the Orient. fald and Palermo, the Magicians | Balward and was told to wait, Defendant re-appeared luf retained as gods; and since then through, mounts the rail, poises Out of its explorations, he believes, alan "The Forgoun Law

new richness will be discovered his life has been a ceaseless round in mid-air for a moment, and for both Orient and Occident, and, of turmoil and strife; a seeking sorembles on board. He is to be he continues: "The blindness of but not a finding. Many of the better, or what it is to be an blindness of ignorance, for con.15 p.m.

excused. He may not know contempt is more hopeless than the ncts associated with his regime example. But probably he is out tempt kills the light which ignor were probably not of his ordering on a life and death case. He is.ance

merely leaves unignited. But once you open the flood. He is going home-to dinner! The East is waiting to be under

stood by the Western races, "i gutes it is difficult to close them.

5.30 to 9 p.m. Not a seat to be order not only to be able to give You may, in homely phrase, lead had. Standing room even is what is true in her, but also to be your forces to the waters of know, conspicuously absent. We hold confident of her own mission." ledge, but you can't make them on with bated breath so to speak, and we gather round the standard and wonder if there is a joke in it. For the wording on it, correctly spelt and punctuated informs us that standing room is

think or drink. Dr. Sun seems to have had a good cause but a poor backing. We shall doubtless have all his faults shown to us, but we prefer to see what we believe exists, signs of the || visionary-idealistic-borne downr

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the future of China has brought forth, since the days of the first

Edgar Allan Poe.

When the Boston Authors' Club placed a tablet in the vicinity of the house in Boston where Edgar Allan Poe was born, it was doing all that can now be done out- wardly to repair a long neglect.

Memorials to Poe have not been entirely lacking. But his best monument is that, which was visioned by the poet, John H. Tabb, when he wrote his "Invidia Vindex":-

A certain tyrant, to disgrace The more a rebel's resting place, Compelled his people, every one,

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In Indian history, the meeting

SOCIAL

an hour later and ordered the coolie tm. May 17-Dance at Peak Club. to take him back to the Hongkong-

Hotel and was again told to wait. atay 31-Dance at Peak Club The coolie said he waited until. 1

| midnicht when his fare appeared nad J 12-Mr. William Heughan, fost binu po dás ny Wanchaj Whore de well own Busso-Baritone, will fondant entered a house rond did not sing at the Peak Club, 9.30 p.m.

SPORTS.

some out until am. Then he took la to Savenan Slavet med once mars ng in R wait, no money May 24-Third extra Race Meet-Tuvine hoon paid him up to then. ing of the Hongkong Jockey Club. i

The coolic went on to say he June 7-9.-Fourth Extra Race patted as hoor ontside the hoise in Sampai Street before defendant made low wanapang When the engineer did come, be told the foolia to drive him to Blako Pier when he refused to pay any money. He ap- mated by fedjan anynenble and an Indian sergeant who came on the scene, went up to defendant and spoke to him.

PUBLIC ANCTION,

of the Mussulman, and the Hindu Mocting of the H.K. Jockey Club. produced Akbar, the object of whose dream was the unification glowing enthusiasm of a religion, of hearts and ideale. It had all the and it produced an immediate and

May 17-Lammert Bros. at

herrings, 11 a.m. Polis Wharf, Kowloon, 685 cases,

May 17.-Lammert Bros., at

not allowed. We like people to be a vast result even in his own life. No Covered presage, HK & original and we bless the Hong-time. But the fact still remains Beloon Wharf & Godown Co. kong Tramway Co., Ltd.

that the Western mind, after | Lol, Kowloon, 157 cases salt horri centuries of contact with the East, in, 11.30a.m.

has not evolved the enthusiasm of

big

a chivalrous ideal which can bring this age to its fulfillment."

To run a

or in THE £s, OF imperial

*GREAT ternational 01- EXHIBITIONS. hibiton, like that at Wembley, is a highly speculative venture.

London's first experiment of the kind, the "Great Exhibition" of 1851, resulted in a profit of about £150,000; but the next one, held in 1862, showed a loss of £10,000. The Franco-British Exhibition of 1968, which attracted 25,000,000 visitors to the White City, made a small profit.

May 22-Taminert Bros., Leighton Hill Road, household' furniture, 2.45 p.m..

COMPANY MEETINGS,

showed he had a

May 28-Forty-third meeting of LORD keen regard for the Canton Insurance Office, Ltd MIDLETON tradition and a due at Jardine Matheson's offices, at

respect for the en- noon.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The P. and O. s.a. "Sicilia," which arrived yesterday'‚' from Singapore, reports a chicken pox on board.

case

of

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joyments of his fellow men when May 26 Second meeting..... of he offered to give a buck from his shareholders of Lane, Crawford own herd at Peper Harow each Ltd., at the Hongkong Hotel, noon, year for the annual venison feast st Farnham, should the future bis- hops of Winchester find it im possible to continue the custom, There seems some difference of The most disappointing of all opinion as to how long this feast, international exhibitions, from which is said to have had its origin pecuniary point of view, was that in a diplomatic attempt on the held at Vienna in 1873. This part of a bishop to stop poaching resulted in a deficit of nearly two in his" park, has been a yearly millions sterling, The Paris ex- event, but all are agreed that it has

collision between two hibition of 1867 showed a not loss been for at least wel! nigh on to steam-launches making for the of £1,250,000.

150 years. It appears that, accord-same tow occurred in the harbour ing to the present plans of. Dr.early this morning. Little damage Some truths Woods-the-Bishop Designate: ofwas.done.. seem to have Winchester, the herd at Farsham been uttered at | Park, his official residence, will no a recent Cam- longer be maintained.

THE OXFORD

UNION.

To hurt, in passing there, a stone,bridge Union debate on the some This done, behold the pile became A monument to keep the name.

.

And thus it is with Edgar Poe; Each passing critic has his throw, Nor sees, defeating his intent, How lofty grows the monument.

It must always be something of

a mystery that the apprehension

of Poe's genius should have been

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The M: You had the defendant frey 10:30 to about 3.30 a.m.-about five hours-Yes.

. Asked if he wanted to digestion the coolie, defendant said he l the man twenty-cents at Blake Pier. But the coolie wanteil fifty cents.

Mr. Lindsell: What! "Twenty conts, for five hours!

Defendnot

only, engured the olie from the Seamen's Institute.

Mr. Lindsell I don't believa vou: I believe what the coolie says, Questioned again, the riesha contin steadfastly adhered to his statement that build blondent at a fare for Five hours, starting out from the Hogokone Plotel.

The Jnding percennt mid ly was Daning Blake Pier at 3 o'clock this morning while on namol dirty and wain safondlamt fwm a Riemnon, The viesha onolle complained that the

defendant had not, paid him RAY- money. Wiles Aid he asked the engineer to pay the coolie but res

noived the way dist the coolie, ha already béni raid: The Twesht coolies denied thìa to witores, odeling that he had been engated for nearly

"Pretty soon, before a person or a household in Canton, may engare a native priest, nun, or a five hours and had not been paid monk to perform religious services,

The arreront said that when he says the Canton Evening Star, held the defendant that he has either story told by will have to pay a fee of two to my the coolic or meconftany him a Scottish

dollars daily while the service is M. Pat a

to Central Police Station, the defen- gathering of on. The city treasurer will collect dont him the nocle, knock-

the fee, and any person holding

what, peculiar motion "that this house has the highest regard, for rhetoric." Mr. Stanley Baldwin who spoke said he regarded rhetoric as one of the greatest dangers of our modern civilisation. journalists the other day.

The gift of rhetoric, had been An Aberdeen woman went into service without first getting permits his turban. Then he arrest. responsible for more bloodshed a butcher's shop and asked to and paying for the permit will be than all the guns and explosives be given two halfpennies for a fined from $20 to $100." that were everinvented. Rousseau, penny. Robespierre, and Danton had

Slowly she picked up the change.

The Captain of the 5.8. “Hulchow" from Wei-hal-wel,

so belated in his own country. He caused the French Revolution with "Do yo no give a wee bit suet with which arrived at Hongkongjester- -

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and

ed defendant.

The engineer was ordered to nur the riepho mlie $2 compensation and fined $10 foråbe assault.

MAMAH'S EXCUSE.

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SENT TO JAIL FOR JEWELLERY THEFT.

day, teports that he sighted the Glen Amoy," ashore at the East end of Video Island at 9.45 a.m. on the 12th He approached and signalled "Can I assist 2" received the reply "No, thank }, A Chinese mali appeared before you." He proceeded on his way Mr. Hamilton at the How- leaving the s.8. "Chikiang," stand-loon Magistracy this morning charg ing by.

od with stealing jewellery valued at [The a.s. "Glen Amoy” went $161. from her employer. Miss Why, then comes in the sweet onshore in a for on Sunday.]} For the red blood reigns in the

winter's pale.

the year;

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was acclaimed a poet among the rhetoric, and Kerensky had filled that ?" she inquired.

the Russian people with rhetoric French, the Germans, and the until they had tome to their Spanish before his own country present chaos. There was no force men-saving one or two-began in the world to-day which had a to count him among their poets, greater power for evil; he held it To-day's Poem. much less to dream, that he was in positive horror. among the greatest of any coun- The big things did not need (When Daffodils Begin to Peer.) try. This was in, pari because he rhetoric. St. Paul was no orator, When daffodils begin to peer, proffered them a gift-that pure but his speeches and teachings With heigh! the doxy, over the art in poetry which has never had lasted a very long time. If

dale, appealed to the general. Bryant we went back two thousand years und the New England poets, of he would back St. Paul against whom only one can be thought of Lord Beaverbrook in preaching as Poe's rival in this field of his Christianity every Sunday,

There voted:-For the motion art, were all writing within the

297, against the motion 297, and traditional conventions, straight the chairman gave his casting vote out of their education in English in favour of the motion. poetry. Here was a voice ringing | Lout in the tones of no nationality For literature, but finding its sane- tions in universal art. So he stands to-day in a sure, high place as a consummate artist, and tablet more or less is a negligible matter so far as his fame is con- cerned: Yet it is valuable as an evidence of the awakening art! perception which prompts it, as an educating influence upon a genera- tion which does itself honour in "the act."

On A Hongkong Screen.

It is safe to say that the seats are in tears-or those in them at any rate. We have a sprinkling of white mess jackets, whilst the women look delightfully cool. There is no "no smoking" and cigar, pipe and cigarette smoke

ROBERTSON-On May 8, 1924, revolution, must primarily be ascend on high to be dashed into

at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mra. credited or debited to that inter-space and nothingness by the fans W. B..Robertson, a son.

ference. Fortunately we are not which cool if they do not clarify, called upon to justify whatever "William the, Konk," "I love me" 'may follow' as a result of action are the calls, and the harrassed singer very wisely and diplomati-

China Mil

HRNOMONŲ FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1994

BRITAIN'S POSITION,

Romance seem- HUSH-HUSH. ingly is not dead. 18 witness the following which is culled from a Liverpool paper:

The white sheet bleaching on the

hedge, *:;,་, ་

י

With heigh the sweet birds, 0,

how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on

edge;

For a quart of ale is a dish for a

king.

The mystery ship Snapshot (20 tons register) slipped out of The lark, that tirra-lirra chants, the Brunswick Dock entrance a With, heigh! with, heigh!, the few minutes after three o'clock thrush and the jay, one morning this week, on a Are summer songs for me and my

mystery, expedition to a certain lagoon up one of the West African rivers, the name, of which has not been disclosed.

aunts, While we lie tumbling in the hay.

-Shakspeare.

WEATHER CALENDAR.

On board the vessel are the owner, Mr. F. J. Stratford, a native of New Zealand, unt!! recently timber merchant in West Africa; the chief engineer, a native of Liverpool, aged twenty-one; a deck hand, Joha Scott, ex-Ariny transport driver; and the captain, Mr. W.H. Stead (67), also a native of Liverpool. 1754.

Half an hour before smiling, two mysterious persons, wearing overcoats, and caps pulled. woll down over the face, hailed the small vessel, and boarded her. A few minutes later the little vessel left the Coburg Dock,

view between two barges, on her 4,500 miles' secret mission to the West Coast of Africa.

prompted by humanitarian feelically lends the audience in both. Where she had lain, hidden from 1 inga. It is not given to us to probe It is all a compliment to the the secrets, of the future, and Quaints"-the crowd and the whilst men think and play for the enthusiasm und the Star future, such can only be attained Theatre's wisdom also. a_day-at-a-time-Dr-Sun-may be|

MAY 16.

The town is empty, dusty, and disagreeable; the coun- try is cold and comfortless; consequently I daily run from one t'other.-Walpole,

NO SEED-NO HARVEST.

How can we expect a harvest of If needs the pen of 2 de Vere thought who have not, a seedtime Stacpoole to do justice to this. Here we have all the items!

of character?

CORRESPONDENCE.

PITY THE RICKSHA COOLIE.

To the Editor of the"! China Moil,“

Iney Belton of No. 6 Granville Street, Kowloon. The stolen anti- cles included a gold watch, lia- mond ring, two lockets, a pondel chain, a jade ring and a gold bangles The evidence showed that on Sùn- day morning the arm told her mistress that she was sick and wanted to go to hospital. The next morning the amah returned and ask ed to be allowed to go upstairs. While in the bedroom she took the jewellery

Sir-I fully endorse" Fairplay's" letter advocating the cause of our chair and ricksha men. Will a

The amah pleaded guilty and told Paternal Government still turn the Magistrate a short time ap she deaf ear to their silent pleadings?hid all he belongings stolen while Where are now our public men she was in the country and as a tra who have won honour, esteem and quence was hard up. She was 1 respect for the work they have to jail for two months.

done in the name of humanity ? Are we so ready to avail of the

Services of these peace-loving NEW

beings and lift not a finger, to

plead their cause? Is there no energetic young man thirsting to serve, willing to make this worthy cause his life's work? li

Yours etc.,

HUMANE PLAY. Hongkong, May 16.

FIVE YEAR HOUSES. THE LANDLORD'S DEFENCE.

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WORLD WONDER.”

MOUNTAIN SCULPTURED INTO MONUMENT.

I will take ten years to complete the gigantic monument being out our of Stone Mountain in Georgia, U.S. A., by Gutzon Berglum, tho sculptor.

Stone Mountain is a granite mono lith prescating a surface of pcrack- wide by 700 ft. high. ed and are-polished rock 5,000 ft.

The scalptured figures will min→ Later yesterday the case for ber 2000 when the work is done. the landlords was given in the Chief of them will be General Ito- action brought by two tenants bert E. Lee and his corps comi against the landlords of houses manders. General Loo's figure will in Second street. The

com be as high her sixteen-story build- plaint was that the landlords ing 1 Shinx of Egypt might he sent workmen to pull some fire hidden both his head and the year old house down and that the tallest prradid would fall shom of roof of the house in which the the height of Tree's charger by about complainants lived had been taken | 100 f. -off-und-furniture-removed before he habit of the horses in the the landlords found that the biggest group will be 50 ft. from notices to quit had not expired, postrils to care. The grils are 7.

Mr. G. B. Davidson; for the ft, in diameter, landlords claimed that it was a Mr. Borghum made his clay More brain power is:

Supplied By All Chemists reasonable inference that the con- modelsi of the figures he wished to WASTED wasted by inventors Physicians "presoribs Chamberlain's tractor took it that the notices had place on the face of the mountain..

BRAIN than by any other Dello and Diaboon Bomedy becauan 16 expired. The claim for $1,000 7OWER. class of people. Sir rellaves crampe in the stomach and damages of the ground floor tenant stides, made of them, Then, a

These were photographed and John Dewrance, pren Ches, Gas Compound. It can was fantastic. He should have re-night, am great distance, the

„Intentinal pains quiokar, than jang, pro- owed his life to British dis- fact, as so many allege, that it why much that is attempted is Mechanical Engineers states that will keep for yours and no home la com-cost from the landlord.

of the Institution of be bought from any chemist. 4 bottle paired the roof and recovered the pictures wons thrown on the face of interested interference and what draws their young men away left over. Every man jack P.W.D. only ens

tho mountain and their outlinės. out of "overy 10,000 plets without it. Bold everywboro,

traced with paint.

regarded as un early product of a The P.W.D. is a very busy depart-necessary to a first-class romance: England. was sued and paid system of western education the ment. It is probably the busiest small bont; the early morning compensation because the famous result of which it has to be noted, ments.

of any of our Government, départ sailing, "a certain lagoon etc, etc.

It must be because it "Alabama" which did so much appear to be repugnant to the older employs more "hands" and spends havoc in the American civil war, 'generation of Chinese. They did more money than any other was built in a British ship-yard. not, and do not now, object, to department that can be named.

Dr. Sun, as we showed yesterday, Western education; but to the are told. And that is the reason sident

It la terribly understaffed. So we

Thoreau.

The case was adjourned.

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